| Carmel Hanna, MLA | |
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| Constituency | Belfast South |
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| Born | March 26, 1946 Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Spouse | Eamon Hanna |
| Website | Hanna SDLP |
Cllr Carmel Hanna MLA (born Carmel McAleenan 26 March 1946) in Warrenpoint, County Down Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish politician. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warrenpoint (commonly transcribed into Irish as An Phointe ('The Point' or alternatively known by the name of the Townland where Warrenpoint is located Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warrenpoint (commonly transcribed into Irish as An Phointe ('The Point' or alternatively known by the name of the Townland where Warrenpoint is located County Down, ( Ulster Scots: Coontie Doun. is one of the nine counties that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of She is a member of the SDLP and an MLA for South Belfast. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Early life and nursing career
The seventh of nine children, her father was a factory worker in a local packaging plant. She was educated at Star of the Sea Primary School in Warrenpoint, and Our Lady's Grammar School in Newry. Newry ( short form An tIúr, "The Yew" is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland.
She came to Belfast to train as a nurse at Belfast City Hospital and qualified there as Registered Nurse and later at the Royal Maternity Hospital as a State Certified Midwife. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. The Belfast City Hospital ( Irish: Ospidéal Chathair Bhéal Feirste) located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university The Royal Victoria Hospital ( Irish: Ospidéal Ríoga Victoria; commonly known as "The Royal" or the "R She worked in hospitals in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland (intensive care unit), Great Britain and in mainland Europe. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
After living and working abroad (which gave her a long term interest in third world development), she returned to Northern Ireland to work as a staff nurse in the Casualty department at the Mater Hospital, Crumlin Road, at the height of the Troubles. The Mater Infirmorum Hospital, commonly known as The Mater ( Ospidéal an Mater) is an acute hospital in Belfast, Her experiences there made an indelible impression and strengthened her belief that political change must be made by peaceful means. She was active in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Campaign of the early 1970s. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( Cumann Chearta Sibhialta Thuaisceart Éireann) was an organisation which campaigned for Civil rights in Northern This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
She married Eamon Hanna in 1973. They have four adult children and they have lived and worked in Belfast, Dublin, Galway and the United States. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 1987 Carmel returned to work as a nurse and subsequently transferred to social services working for the South & East Belfast Trust assessing domiciliary care for the elderly. She also became an officer for her trade union, NIPSA. NIPSA or the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance is a Trade union based in Northern Ireland.
Political career
Carmel first joined the SDLP in 1972 and was an ordinary member for many years as well as being secretary and committee member of the Galway and Dublin SDLP support groups. She became chairperson of her local branch in 1996, in which year she was also an SDLP candidate in a Belfast City Council by election and Northern Ireland Forum elections. Belfast City Council is the City council for Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually
She was elected to Belfast City Council for the Balmoral area in 1997. Her committee duties include Planning, Health & Environment and Cultural Diversity.
She was elected to Northern Ireland Assembly in June 1998. The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Hanna was Deputy Chair of the Environment Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly until December 2001.
She made her own bit of political history in December 2001 when she became the first ever Northern Ireland woman to be appointed a Stormont Minister. She held the Employment & Learning portfolio until the Assembly’s suspension. During that period she:
- Reformed third level student funding which NUS/USI has acknowledged as being the fairest in the UK and which increased grants for the least well off
- Put family-friendly legislation on the statute book, giving statutory paternity leave and extended maternity leave for both natural and adoptive parents, as well as the right to unpaid parental leave and flexible working time for parents with children under five and children up to eighteen with a disability.
- Developed radical initiatives to enhance employability and tackle long-term unemployment
- Gave life-long learning increased status and resources to tackle adult literacy and numeracy issues.
She also chaired the All-Party Group on International Development in the Assembly, and has been involved with an adult literacy initiative and a strategy being developed on long-term employability. Her stated major political aims are:
- Preserving and enhancing South Belfast’s townscape character
- Improving health, education and social services
- Retaining maternity services at the Jubilee hospital
- Working on social justice and cultural issues
- Working for social inclusion
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| Preceded by None |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Belfast 1998 - |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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